Tuesday, June 24, 2014

While working with SharePoint Search, I got an error saying
that “Application Server Administration job failed for service instance
Microsoft.Office.Server.Search.Administration.SearchServiceInstance”.

I have changed the service application user instances and
reset the index to be crawled.

Tried to create a new search application with
same search crawls and indexes. But neither was worked in my case. Digging into
deep I have found this blog explain the cause and solution for problem.

We can get this error when configuration DB having older
data than file system data in front end server. We can fix this issue by using
the steps below,

Navigate to windows service and stop SharePoint Timer
Services, Open SharePoint cache folder located in “C:\Documents and
Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\SharePoint\Config”. Check
for Config.ini file, Backup the file.

Delete all XML configuration files in GUID folder other than
Config.ini file and double click on Cache.ini file. Select all the data and
click n delete. Enter “1” (number 1), save and close the file.

Start Windows
SharePoint service. Now file system will
be re stored with all the configuration files in GUID folder.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

We can add a crawl rule in SharePoint search to include or
remove the content in a specific path while crawling the content. We have to
provide the credentials to crawl the data. We can test/delete/reorder the
content by using crawl rules.

Select Search service application to add the crawl rule.
We'll navigate to Search service application. In Search Service Administration
page, click on Crawl Rules in Crawling section.

To create new crawl rule click on New Crawl Rule.

In Add Crawl Rule page, Path section enter path of the rule.
We can use regular expressions in the path box. To use regular expressions
select "Use regular expression syntax for matching this rule

In Crawl Configuration section, to exclude all the items in
the specified path select Exclude all items in this path. Select Exclude
complex URLs to exclude URLs that containing parameters use? notation. To
include all items in the path to be crawled select Include all items in this
path option.

In Specify Authentication section, Select Use the default
content access account to use default content access account. To specify
different credentials, select Specify a different content access account. Enter
Account name in and Password. To prevent basic authentication select Do not
allow Basic Authentication checkbox. To Use certificate for authentication,
select Specify from credentials and expand certificate and select certificate. to
use form credentials for authentication select specify form credentials and
enter form URL in Form URL box, enter credentials. To use Cookies, select Use
cookie for crawling. select Obtain cookie from a URL. Select Anonymous access
to allow anonymous access. Click on ok to save settings.

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Having good experience in SharePoint 2007/2010 and .net applications. Currently, working on SharePoint 2013 and training people on SharePoint. Microsoft certified technology specialist, Microsoft Certified Professional developer in SharePoint 2010.